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the georgetown herald seventyfourth year of publication wednesday evening july 23rd 1941 5c a copy 2 00 a year kxboagoaboaeorooiboaeoi news parade garfield l moqllvray sorry if we offended the road of the rambling reporter is nob always smooth and when you have covered numerous meetings etc year in and year out you are bound to step on somebodys pet com or run into a snag somewhere one time of another two- weeks ago we reported a very lengthy spicy and interesting town council meeting seems our interpretation of some of the arguments was contrary to that of councillor brown and as a result to put it mild ly we were reprimanded the gist of the matter is we quoted councillor brown as saying quote councillor brown opposed the mayors attitude of keeping the cars on the move on main street andwiuu aullng double park ing he felt it bad for business mr brown since informs us that what he meant to imply was that he was in favor of cars stopping long enough on main street to allow the driver to let a passenger out who might want to go into a certain store but not double parking we doubt if the incident caused councillor brown any great grief but if we have brought him any undue embarrassment we naturally take the blame and hope our readers will endorse this correction j hitler mat get his own et itils interesting to read this weeks sunday school lesson printed on an other page and note that more copies of the bible are being bought in oer many than meln kampf just how this is done in a country that has a ban on religious privileges we are not prepared to say but it does show that the hearts of some of the ger man people are right and not with their war mad dictator leader hitler we sincerely believe that in the end his own race will turn on him and drive him and his cohorts from their seats of might and the will be lucky ii they escape with their lives what the hail storm did last wednesdays electrical s orm was one of the worst that has hit this district for some time not only did the cloud burst wash out many of the small vegetable plants but the hail that accompanied the storm laid des traction to numerous farmers crops in the district while georgetowr itself bad a taste of the hall the district lying from limehouse through to the glen just north of the town was badly hit mr oscar lerchs farm on the 7th line while only one was one of the worst damaged he estimated his entire crop lost oats were cut to the ground while even the turnips were cut off by the heavy pounding of hall which covered the ground in that area yes we needed the rain but as someone put it wish it could be distributed a little more evenly throughout the summer well all be there it has been wonderful in the past how georgetown citizens have taken such an interest in the bed cross so dety and whenever the call came for more funds more material or more helpers it was not in vain again this year the red cross society is asking you to support their garden party which will be held tomorrow than day evening on the lawn at the home of mrs a w nixon 9th line it is only a small thing to do to spend 25c to go to a garden party but if ever en of us made an effort to be there just think of t results think of what this worthy organization could do with the funds raised by means of essentials for our boys overseas this years affair promises to be an out standing one from the point of enter talmnent three of georgetown s leading industrial firms have seen to that these three anns have donated substantial sums to take care of the cost of outside talent this together with our band and other local talent who have offered their services gratui tously bids fair to make this the event of the summer season in the afternoon you win have the privilege of strolling around the beautiful grounds and a chance to admire the aftiray of summer flowers and foliage nes will also be played and after noon tea served for a small extra amount in the evening the band plays from 8 to 9 pm and then the visiting and local talent takes over for the balance of the evening delicious refreshments will be served at the various booths not only does your ticket admit you to the grounds both afternoon and evening but you are also eligible to compete in the draw for f y p to be drawn for at the close of the evenings entertain mmt president leroy dale kc and hi committees have been work ing hard to putjhis garden party over even bigger and better than last years grand success dont forget its your to help the red cross 5o- he georgetown branch particularly fall faut on saturday this year it is good news for the working peo ple of georgetown if not the busi nessmen to know that they can again take in the jpau pair on a saturday afternoon and with everybody at the fair there will be little reason why the bushmdmencant close their places of jbaslnett for an hour or so in order continued on page 4 edgewood park scetie of united church picnic a cold wind and intermittent show ers greeted those who- attended the united church picnic held again this year at edgewood tark eden mills although the attendance was not large the park provided a grand set ting for an outing of this kind and those fortunate enough to attend ei joyed themselves immensely between showers softbau was in dulged in when both boys and girls old and young vied in the good old fashioned game of scrub prior to the supper hour wlfen the ladles provided a delicious meal of sandwiches cake tea and lemonade the children s races were run on the prize winners are as follows swlnunlng race june clarke running race boys 6 and under jlmmj buck jimmy uudie girls 6 and under jane milne mar ion grace bos 7 to 10 yrs donald burns billy arnold girls 7 to 10 yrs june buck faye barker boys 11 to 15 yrs jamie burns glen gibbs girls u to 15 yrs marjory lane june cofell young ladles race kathleen lyons marlon ostrander young mens race howard wrlg- glesworth stewart maclaren three legged race children glen gibbs and jamie burns jean roney and norma herrtngton adults how ard wrigglesworth and john lolng re broomhead and stewart maclar en balloon race 1st race billy mac cormack jean colman 2nd race jean roney june clarke wheelbarrow race stewart mac laren and glen gibbs st georges picnic at huttonville despite the inter als of raindrops the st georges church of england neld a ver successful sundaj school annual picnic to huttonville park oh saturday afternoon with about seven t fle people of the church in at tendance including two truckloads and several carloads the races got under w aj in in earlv evening with joe hall jr in charge winners in the various clashes were as follows juniors teacher yonne adams everyone got a prize though they ran in almost every di rection pupils being three four and five years of age peggy adam s class 1st josephine cox 2nd mabel shep- pard miss e par tons class shoe scramble race benny lorrlman and douglas norton hazel walker s class sylvia loniman and doris roberts reuben easons class a three legged race gilford comber and ross nor ton miss poyle s class june shep- pard and olive moyer mrs florenc easons class walter sargent and buddy bouskill tom easons class robert saunders and john parmer special ladles race hazel walker this was followed by a general scram ble for kisses and peanuts joe hall jr and tom eason jr formed the committee in charge of the picnic as sisted by the rector rev woo thompson with the bowlers 7 g bell and mrs w o mc dowell were winners in last thursday nights jitney which drew the usual good crowd the sixth 21 end game of the mens doubles on monday night saw s p chapman and p b coffin downing e c thompson and j j gibbens w g bell and j richardson out point ing fred thompson and j w ken nedy and art reeve and harold cleave winners over w o mcdowell and em thompson reception fdr new minister at baptist church a most happy gathering assembled in the prettily decorated sunday school room of the georgetown baptist church thursday evening july 17th whn a joint reception by the george town ondvacton baptist church con gregations was held in honor of their new pastor anctrnsswlfe the reverend j e and mrs ofttrom receiving with mr and mrs ostrom were mrs a reeve mrs w whltmee of georgetown and mrs coles of acton with mr charles landsborough or ganlst of the acton church presid ing at the piano a short song service was enjoyed after the scripture les son from the 12th chapter of romans a beautiful prayer was offered by mr stanley grippe mr williamson of preston moder ator of the guelph association wel corned mr and mcs ostrom into their new field of christian endeavor among the other visiting speakers were rev alfred price gait the rev luck cheltenham rev woo thompson of st georges church of england rev r c todd of george town united church and rev n mc leod a former pastor of the bramp ton baptist church all of whom ex pressed the desire that mr and mrs ostrom might find themselves very happy and that their stay might be a ion and pron table one mayor joseph gibbons on behalf of the community extended best wishes alao for mr and mr ostrom s future work in george town and vicinity at the conclusion of which mr ostrom very feelingly re piled pledging himself to the lords work in his newly chosen fields mrs ostrom charmingly expressed her de sire to continue in the work of the lord in which both she and her hus band have been ver happy the acton quartette then favored with a rendition of the old rugged cross deacon harry wood was chairman for the evening holy cross picnic the sunday school picnic of holy cross rc church georgetown ard st joseph s r c church acton was held last sunday afternoon at the stn line farm of mr edgar bccney about one hundred and fifty mem bers of the two congregations met to gether swimming was enjoyed by many and a number of races held or the youngsters followed by a picnic lunch winners of the races were dash race boys 8 and under 35 yds t connelly 10 and under 50 yds j golden 14 and under 75 yds b gillevet over 14 100 yds w clayton dash race girls 8 and under 35 m hulme 10and under 50 yds j memer 14 arid under 75 yds t murphy over 14 100 yds k boyle sack race boys k hulme girls t murphy three legged race girls 10 and un der e arwc g francecato 14 and under k boyle a curtis coat race 10 to 14 a russo peanut race girls 10 and under t murphy peanut race boys 10 and under o wilcox threading needle race w clayton mixing shoes race r braida olga dyrleu kicking shoe boys k marchment girls m braida horseback race w clayton peanut and bottle contest boys k marchment girls d papliion pebble contest k papillon j chew don t forget the red cross oarden party to morrow your 25c will help buy supplies for our soldiers and eng llsh war victims georgetown esquesing show slight assessment increases as halton equalization problem ironed out 75 mq decrease to nassagaweya spilt among other municipalities wih barungkm taking blrest sliced county rate stays at 44 mills at the morning session of halton county council held in milton last week the findings of judge w n munro regarding the settlement ot the equalized assessment as agreed on by lepresentatlves of the munlcapalluea at the preliminary hearing on june 28 were presented the township of nassagawcya which has been putting up a stiff fight all year to have its assessment re duced was granted a decrease f 7a 000 which was split among the other eight municipalities in the county burlington assumed the largest share of this 50000 while georgetown and esqueslng township showed slight in creases of 1500 and 4878 respective ly judge munro suggested that in fu ture years the assessors ot each mani- dpallty be required to furoisa to county council a statement listing all new buildings erected and ad old buildings torn down ot destroyed and not replaced this would be of great assistance to the council in deciding any adjustments that should be made for assessment purposes a by law was passed setting the county rate at 4 4 mills the same as last year the estimates fdr the prob able expenditures this yrr are general purposes 43575 08 debenture and coupon interest payments 5526100 current expenses on county roads 19 12451 education 4137857 new equallted assessments halton county in acton burlington georgetown milton oakville esqueslng nelson trafalgar nabsagaweya increase of 1293987 1201 2316 706 50 000 1615389 u500 u8sj2jl 1381 3240 4378 3 490393 535533 5268 053 8536497 7320 decrease of 2 158404 75 000 second breakin at mackenzies service station friday for the second time in two months thieves broke into the guelph street service station operated by bruce mao- kenzte and made off with a quantity of cigarettes tobacco and tools the robbery occurred last friday night and was discovered by mr mac- kenzle when he opened the station on saturday morning glass in the door had been broken and the look released value of the goods lost was estimated at 100 r chief w q marshall is investigat ing the case on saturday he discovered a pay telephone which had been ripped from the wall about a mile out of town oh the highway it had been opened and apparently thrown from car station in early june and stole quantity of cigarettes and spark plugs valued at 65 j- bingo mile of pennies nets 75 for firefighters fund 76 66 was realized in a bingo and mile of pennies sponsored last batux- day by imperial section branch 120 canadian legion early in the afternoon a white line was drawn along mill street between main street corner and the legion building and citizens placed coins and bills along the line about 50 00 was donated by the public in this way the bingo which was to have been an open air affair was held in the legion rooms on account of unfavor able weather and another 26 00 was raised for the fire fighters fund of great britain for which the event was tatted under the leadership of fire chief donald latimer the georgetown fire brigade assisted with plans for the day binto prize winners were as follows 1 groceries mrs r norton 2 fruit mrs i hornby 3 towels mrs r warren 4 sugar marjory green guelph groceries mrs f spires 6 fruit mrs joe mcmenemy 7 pll low cases mrs t hill glen williams 8 sugar mrs albert tost 9 grocer ies f spires 10 fruit dorothy on ley 11 towels mrs w hadley 12 sugar mrs r beaumont 13 grocer ies mrs w roney 14 fruit beatrice hilts 15 pillow cases mrs b bui ock 1st special mrs c stacey 2nd special elma tost 3rd special mrs a taylor and mrs o rlddall department of agriculture announces fall fair dates i georgetown fair to be held saturday this year the ontario department ot-agricui- ture through j a carroll superin tendent of the agricultural societies branch issued this week a list of dates for tall fairs and exhibitions the dates are subject to change georgetown a- fair sponsored by the esqueslng agricultural society will be held on friday and saturday septem ber 12th and 13th dates of other district fairs include acton sept 16th and 17th milton september 26th and 27th krin thanksgiving day brampton septrtth- and 10th orangeville sept 9th and 10th cooksvlue sept 30th and oct 1st the complete list of fairs is as fol lows august arnprlor aug 25 27 canadian lakehead exhibition fport arthur and fort william aug 11 10 elmira aug 29sept i emo aug 2527 kenora aug 1415 lambeth tachievement day aug 27 ottawa central canada ex aug 18 23 peterboro junior only aug 27 rainy river aug 28 30 richmond aug 2830 toronto canadian national exhibition aug 22 sept 0 spr gilbert gillevetjhome from overseas spr gilbert pat gillevet who went overseas with the 1st holding unit rce in april 1040 arrived in georgetown last saturday morning he was included in a number of on tario men who arrived at an eastern canadian port last week invalided home from britain spr gillevet peports a quietveross ing of mdays duration an ehemy submarine was sunk when the boat was four days out at sea he saw most of the georgetown men overseas in eluding members of the lome scots no trace has been discovered of the wh arrived shortly before he sailed robbers who broke into the service for home he is entering christie street hospital toronto for treatment next week and is anxious to get back overseas and into the fight again spr and mrs gillevet have three sons serving overseas with the cana dian forces pte james gillevet and pte gerald gillevet with the rjili and pte john gillevet with the lome scots the weather a severe electric storm the beginn ing of last week did considerable dam age in other parts of the province and caused several deaths but fortunately did little or no damage here it began with heavy thunder and lightning and for a few minutes heavy hall followed by a soaking rain heavier than that of the previous week there has been more cloudiness but on the whole temperatures have aver aged higher than last week following are the local records for the week i pues july 15 wed july 16 thurs july 17 fri july 18 sat july 19 sun july 20 mon july 21 h and l temp 78 57 civic holiday will be celebrated on the first monday in august monday august 4th a man went into a bookshop and asked for an illustrated edition of the psalms- the clerk went away for some time and then returned to ask whos it by edith dick r n gets ottawa appointment the georgetown herald britiih war victim fand forwarded to toronto evening telegram cash on hand acknow ledged friends social evening at home of mrs w spence john street 206 87 100 active service notes nora i think jack must have a lot of untidy officers in his regiment cora what makes you think so nora well he often writes and tells me that he bad to clean up the offl cers mess again ac2 w d sargent has been trans ferred from oshawa to no i initial training school toronto ac2 oeorge gilmer has completed his course at oalt aircraft training school and is now stationed with the rcaj at manning depot toronto ian mackenzle who was home last week on leave after completing his course at no 7 service flying train ing school macleod alberta received a telegram stating that he had been promoted to the rank of pilot officer he is now in tren where he- has been posted to take an instructors course stewart young for the past three years apprentice at r w robb s drug store is on two weeks vacation after which he will enter the rcap as a cl blew- wholsa jory for his gallantry a scotush soldier was given a decoration ipweek or so later a pal asked him and what does the wife think ot your medal sandy she doesna kenyet was the reply its no my turn to write nauve of stratford will be greatly missed from georgetown where in addition to being a popular employee of mr robbs he has been active in church work and a member ot the choir at georgetown united church ghr david hodge has been confined to sussex military hospital since his return to camp sussex n3 on july 91h we all wish you a speedy re covery dave odsm jack whitney stationed with the veteran guards of canada at a northern ontario internment camp was home on leave this week september 1 6 apsley chesterville clute delta dryden duriam neustadt parham perth south mountain tavistock september 8 13 almonte belleville bothwells corners brampton brighton bruce mines sept 34 sept 23 sept 23 sept 1 3 sept 45 sept 4 3 sept 5 6 sept i sept 6 s sept 4 5 sept 5 6 sept 8 10 sept 8 10 sept 9 10 sept 9 10 sept 12 sept 9 10 centrovllle addlngton co sept 12 13 it was announced last week by col k g gray officer commanding to ronto military hospital that matron edith dick chief of the hospital nurs ing staff has received an appointment with the office of the directorgeneral of medical services at ottawa it is understood that miss dick will work in cooperation with matron-ln- chief elizabeth smellle newly ap pointed supervisor in charge of or ganizing the women s army corps miss dick leaves today wednesday for ottawa to take up her new duties she takes with her a large amount of experience both from military medical work and from her activities before joiringthe army for the past seven months she has been matron of to ronto military hospital stepping into the shoes of miss gladys sharpe who was transferred as matron to camp borden miss dick who is a daughter of crown attorney w i dick kc and mrs dick of milton granddaughter of mrs sydney young and a niece of miss georglna young of georgetown graduated from john hopkins hospi tal baltimore and latocompleted a postgraduate course at the university of toronto in june 1933 she was appointed superintendent of nurses at- the ontario hospital mimico and the following year was transferred as su perintendent to the psychiatric hos pital in toronto in september 1936 she was promot ed to inspector of the training school for nurses under the provincial de partment of health which position she held until she left to enter the armed services as a nursing sister in novem ber of last year halton county gives 1887 pc of objective cochrane fergus georgetown glencoe hanover kinmount lanark village lansdowne lindsay lions head lombardy midland milverton new hamburg newington oakwood orangeville oro oshawa porquls junction renfrew rocklyn sault ste marie sprucedale sundridge tlllsonburg val gagne vankleek hill weuesley wlarton wltwemlkong indian manitoulln sept 9 10 sept 1118 sept 12 is sept 1112 sept 11 12 sept 1213 sept 13 sept 11 13 sept 1013 sept 1011 sept 13 sept 1113 ua- 1213 sept ii 13 sept 80 sept 910 sept 10 sept 810 sept 1113 sept 913 sept 1113 sept 911 sept 1113 sept 1113 sept 810 sept 10 sept 11 13 sept 910 sept 1113 september 1529 acton alliston ashworth stlsted hall barrie beaverton blnbrook blyth major frank pullen has just re ceived final figures for the recent vic- county raised 1981300 or 1887 of its quota which was 1060 000 this places halton in second place for ontario rainy river with an ob jective of only 276000 reach 213 7 of its quota to lead ontario i halton county can really be con sidered to lead the pr as it tops the districts which had appreciable quotas well done halton georgetown fall fair is less than two months away get your exhibits ready burford burks falls caledon charlton clarence creek cdbden coldwater coe hm comber desbarats desboro dresden dunchurch englehart exeter galetta cmohrs corners galt garden river indian reserve kilsyth kincardine kingston tjakefldd lltowel magnetewan markdale maxville metcalfe mlddlevule mlldmay mohawk indian deseronto mount forest sept 161t sept 1819 sept 10 sept 1517 sept 1718 sept 19 30 sept 1920 sept 1718 sept 1819 sept 1017 sept 1810 sept 19 20 sept 1617 sept 18 sept 16 17 sept 1718 sept 1718 sept 20 sept 1617 sept 1819 sept 1618 sept 17 18 sept 1930 bept 1718 sept 1617 sept 18 28 sept 1718 sept 1617 sept 1819 sept 1619 800167 sept lflp sept 1617 sept 1819 sept 1819 sept 1820 sept 19 sept 1617 1617 pakenham pahnerston powassan rteevllle rossean barnla indian reserve sharmorrrtde shedden continued onpage 5 sept 17 sept 1819 sept 1819 sept 1617 sept 1920 sept 1920 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